Europeans and US nationals in Northern Andean Patagonia: new experiences

The financial crisis has produced a relatively new type of mobility from northern countries towards Latin America. This article discusses the integration of migrants of European and US origin into Northern Andean Patagonia, a tourism-oriented area of outstanding natural beauty. The use of statistical data and qualitative-interpretative instruments shows that this migration has gained importance within the framework of << dissatisfaction-driven migration >>, as opposed to << deficiency-driven migration >>. The territorial expression of the phenomenon is not homogeneous within the region. However, the emergence of new socio-territorial and cultural processes merits analysis.